In Brief
* * Brother Phelps, “Brother Phelps,” Asylum. The ex-lead singers of the Kentucky HeadHunters, Ricky Lee and Doug Phelps turn the bluster down a few notches, but the result is no less banal. Their pretty, bluegrass-inflected harmonies can’t rescue lyrics of the “cuts like a knife” school. Things work best when the tempo is brisk enough that you don’t dwell on the meaninglessness of it all.
New albums are rated on a scale of one star (poor), two stars (fair), three stars (good) and four stars (excellent).
For the record:
12:00 a.m. Aug. 29, 1993 For the Record
Los Angeles Times Sunday August 29, 1993 Home Edition Calendar Page 91 Calendar Desk 1 inches; 20 words Type of Material: Correction
An incorrect title was given for the Brother Phelps album reviewed in Record Rack last Sunday. The correct title of the Asylum release is “Let Go.”
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